There are several couple and family scales that are available for use in research projects.
A description of the different scales that are available and the cost is listed below.
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(See next section for detailed descriptions)

Three Couple Scales (PREPARE/ENRICH)

Marital Satisfaction Scale (PREPARE/ENRICH)

Three Couple Scales (PREPARE/ENRICH) — $50.00David H. Olson

The Three Couple Scales package contains three 10-item subscales that can be used for research including Satisfaction, Communication, and Conflict Resolution.

The Satisfaction scale provides a global measure of satisfaction by surveying ten areas of the couple's marriage. These areas include the major categories in ENRICH: i.e. personality, role responsibilities, communication, conflict resolution, financial concerns, management of leisure time, sexual relationship, parental responsibilities, relationships with family and friends, and religious orientation.

The Communication scale is concerned with an individual's feelings, beliefs, and attitudes about the communication in his/her relationship. Items focus on the level of comfort felt by both partners in being able to share important emotions and beliefs with each other, the perception of a partner's way of giving and receiving information, and the respondent's perception of how adequately she/he communicates with partner.

The Conflict Resolution scale assesses an individual's attitudes, feelings and beliefs toward the existence and resolution of conflict in his/her relationship. Items focus on the openness of partners to recognize and resolve issues, the strategies and procedures used to end arguments, and their satisfaction with the way problems are resolved.

Marital Satisfaction Scale (PREPARE/ENRICH) — $30.00David H. Olson

The Marital Satisfaction scale provides a global measure of satisfaction by surveying ten areas of the couple's marriage. These areas include the major categories in PREPARE/ENRICH: i.e. communication, conflict resolution, roles, financial concerns, leisure time, sexual relationship, parenting, family and friends, and religion.

Once your church or community has a trained and
certified PREPARE/ENRICH professional, you might
consider establishing a Marriage Mentor Program
to help premarital couples get more preparation or married couples get the assistance
they need for healthier relationships.